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12-letter words containing h, s, a, m

  • ophthalmitis — ophthalmia.
  • optic chiasm — a site at the base of the forebrain where the inner half of the fibers of the left and right optic nerves cross to the opposite side of the brain.
  • overemphasis — excessive or undue emphasis.
  • pachydermous — any of the thick-skinned, nonruminant ungulates, as the elephant, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros.
  • panhellenism — the idea or advocacy of a union of all Greeks in one political body.
  • parachronism — a chronological error in which a person, event, etc., is assigned a date later than the actual one.
  • paragnathism — the condition or fact of having upper and lower jaws of equal length
  • paramorphism — the process by which a paramorph is formed.
  • paraphimosis — inability to retract the penis into the prepuce as a result of narrowing of the prepuce
  • parapsychism — the experience of mental phenomena that are beyond the scope of normal physical explanation
  • parochialism — a parochial character, spirit, or tendency; excessive narrowness of interests or view; provincialism.
  • paschal lamb — Jewish History. a lamb slaughtered and eaten on the eve of the first day of Passover. Ex. 12:3–11.
  • phantasmatic — pertaining to or of the nature of a phantasm; unreal; illusory; spectral: phantasmal creatures of nightmare.
  • phantasmical — pertaining to or of the nature of a phantasm; unreal; illusory; spectral: phantasmal creatures of nightmare.
  • phosphamidon — a systemic and contact insecticide, C 1 0 H 1 9 ClNO 5 P, used against beetles, aphids, mites, and other crop pests.
  • photorealism — a style of painting flourishing in the 1970s, especially in the U.S., England, and France, and depicting commonplace scenes or ordinary people, with a meticulously detailed realism, flat images, and barely discernible brushwork that suggests and often is based on or incorporates an actual photograph.
  • phragmoplast — the cytoplasmic structure that forms at the equator of the spindle after the chromosomes have divided during the anaphase of plant mitosis, and that initiates cell division.
  • phrase-maker — a person who is skilled in coining well-turned phrases; phraseologist.
  • phrasemaking — the making up or coining of memorable phrases or slogans
  • phrasemonger — phrasemaker (def 2).
  • plasma torch — an electrical device for converting a gas into a plasma, used for melting metal
  • plasmasphere — a region of cool plasma surrounding the earth, extending 8000–25,000 miles (13,000–40,000 km) into space, and bounded by the plasmapause.
  • pleiochasium — a flowering system in which several buds come out at the same time
  • psammophytic — relating to psammophytes
  • pseudamphora — a Mycenaean vase having a spherical body, a spout on the shoulder, and a handle, curving across the top, supported by a solid conical neck.
  • psychomachia — conflict of the soul
  • put to shame — the painful feeling arising from the consciousness of something dishonorable, improper, ridiculous, etc., done by oneself or another: She was overcome with shame.
  • qualmishness — The quality of being qualmish.
  • rachiotomies — Plural form of rachiotomy.
  • ram sth home — If something rams home a message or a point, it makes it clear in a way that is very forceful and that people are likely to listen to.
  • ramapithecus — a genus of extinct Miocene ape known from fossils found in India and Pakistan and formerly thought to be a possible human ancestor.
  • re-emphasize — to give emphasis to; lay stress upon; stress: to emphasize a point; to emphasize the eyes with mascara.
  • reemphasized — to give emphasis to; lay stress upon; stress: to emphasize a point; to emphasize the eyes with mascara.
  • rhadamanthus — Classical Mythology. a son of Zeus and Europa, rewarded for the justice he exemplified on earth by being made, after his death, a judge in the Underworld, where he served with his brothers Minos and Aeacus.
  • rhadamanthys — Classical Mythology. a son of Zeus and Europa, rewarded for the justice he exemplified on earth by being made, after his death, a judge in the Underworld, where he served with his brothers Minos and Aeacus.
  • rheumatismal — of or relating to rheumatism
  • romney marsh — one of an English breed of hardy sheep, having coarse, long wool.
  • rush matting — a floor covering made from rushes (plants of the genus Juncus)
  • safety match — a match designed to ignite only when rubbed on a specially prepared surface.
  • saint martha — a sister of Mary and Lazarus, who lived at Bethany and ministered to Jesus (Luke 10:38–42). Feast day: July 29 or June 4
  • saint thomas — Saint Thomas ("the Angelic Doctor") 1225?–74, Italian scholastic philosopher: a major theologian of the Roman Catholic Church.
  • saint-mihiel — a town in NE France, on the Meuse River, NW of Nancy: captured by American forces 1918.
  • salesmanship — the technique of selling a product: They used a promotional gimmick that was the last word in salesmanship.
  • sandwich man — a person with advertising boards hung from the shoulders.
  • saprophytism — living and feeding on dead organic matter
  • satin-smooth — pleasantly soft and smooth, like satin
  • scampishness — the quality of being scampish
  • scheme-linda — A Scheme interface to Linda written by Ulf Dahlen of University of Edinburgh in 1990. It runs on the Computing Surface and the Symmetry.
  • schistosomal — relating to or characteristic of a schistosome or member of the genus Schistosoma
  • schizothymia — the condition of being schizoid or introverted. It encompasses elements of schizophrenia but does not involve the same depth of psychological disturbance
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